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Author Topic: WPTX 1690 AM 0215 UTC 21 May 2019  (Read 3587 times)

Offline Davep

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WPTX 1690 AM 0215 UTC 21 May 2019
« on: May 21, 2019, 0232 UTC »
WPTX  Lexington Park MD 1k night with a strong signal/nice audio here and strangely qrn free with an Adult Standards feed, right now  John Denver/ country roads before that Carpenters/ superstar . ID after just about every song. Not a real dx catch b/c heard here just about every night, but it seems the extended band has been very listenable lately .
« Last Edit: May 21, 2019, 0249 UTC by Davep »
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Re: WPTX 1690 AM 0215 UTC 21 May 2019
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2019, 0213 UTC »
WPTX AM 1690 Lexington Park MD "Favorite Adult Standards"
0157Z "I Fall to Pieces" Patsy Cline with TOH ID and into news @ 0200Z.
Fairly good sigs with some QSB, couple of others underneath,
probably Chicago and Toronto.
Das Radiobunker somewhere in Michigan

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Re: WPTX 1690 AM 0215 UTC 21 May 2019
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2019, 1131 UTC »
A semi local pest here. 101 miles away, they put in a solid signal most of the time.
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Re: WPTX 1690 AM 0215 UTC 21 May 2019
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2019, 1713 UTC »
For a 1kw station, they generally put a good signal into Michigan at night in spite of closer stations (Chicago and Toronto)
on the same frequency.  Perhaps due to the tower site appears to be located on a low peninsula probably with good
ground conductivity.   
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Re: WPTX 1690 AM 0215 UTC 21 May 2019
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2019, 1944 UTC »
Hi,
Well, that 1 kW signal is reaching Spain these days with stable and even fair signal just before dawn.
¡Buen DX!
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Re: WPTX 1690 AM 0215 UTC 21 May 2019
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2019, 0911 UTC »
Hi,
Well, that 1 kW signal is reaching Spain these days with stable and even fair signal just before dawn.
¡Buen DX!

Nice catch !
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